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April 29, 2016
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Spirolox® Retaining Ring Tooling Guide
Smalley now offers “standard” assembly tooling for the installation of Spirolox retaining rings. Each Assembly Tool is designed to facilitate loading a specific ring size ring in a housing or on a shaft and tools are available incrementally for retaining ring sizes up to 2 in or 49 mm in diameter.
The Smalley Advantage
By being an industry leader in the retaining ring field, Smalley...Read More>> |
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April 26, 2016
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Ask the Expert - Nested Wave Spring Design and Spirolox Retaining Ring Interchange
Welcome back to the Ask the Expert Blog, where our engineers answer commonly asked retaining ring and wave spring design questions. This week, our experts field some questions about Spirolox retaining rings and nested wave springs.
What is the maximum number of turns for a nested wave spring? Can loads still be toleranced with this many turns?
There is not a specific maximum number of turns for...Read More>> |
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March 17, 2016
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Why Does It Pay to Switch to Spirolox?
Spirolox retaining rings are one of our most popular and unique products. As heavily detailed in our eBook, Why It Pays to Switch to Spirolox, this exclusive design offers advantages unavailable anywhere else, including:
No Ears to Interfere™ — Spirolox retaining rings feature a uniform cross-section, with no protrusions that could interfere with mating components. With a complete 360° retaining...Read More>> |
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March 10, 2016
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Ask the Expert - Ring Alterations, Ring Materials, and Ring Varieties
Welcome back to the Ask the Expert Blog, where our engineers answer commonly asked ring and spring design questions. This week, our experts field some questions about ring alterations, ring materials, and ring varieties.
For more than 100 years, Smalley has been the industry leader and technological pioneer of retaining rings and constant section rings. And for more than 50 years, Smalley has...Read More>> |
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February 26, 2016
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All Springs are Not Equal®: Smalley Wave Springs
Smalley’s wave springs are unique flat wire compression springs that replace traditional coil springs in load-bearing applications. The thin, crest-to-crest design of Smalley’s wave springs reduces spring height and manufacturing material usage without compromising function; wave springs provide the same force and deflection as ordinary coil springs with the benefit of enhanced precision.
Relying...Read More>> |
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February 4, 2016
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Ask the Expert - Available Deflection in Single Turn Wave Springs and Retaining Ring Gap Sizes
Welcome back to the Ask the Expert Blog, where our engineers answer commonly asked ring and spring design questions. This week, our experts field some questions about wave spring available deflection and retaining ring gap sizes.
For more than 100 years, Smalley has been the industry leader and technological pioneer of retaining rings and constant section rings. And for more than 50 years,...Read More>> |
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January 21, 2016
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Designing with Smalley Wave Springs
Smalley Wave Springs are a series of flat wire compression springs offering numerous functional advantages over traditional coil or compression springs. While providing the same force and deflection as a traditional coil spring, wave spring technology enhances load precision and cuts down on material usage by up to 50%, leaving a light-weight, versatile product.
Operating as a load bearing...Read More>> |
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January 7, 2016
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Ask the Expert - Groove Geometry and Ring Failure
Welcome back to the Ask the Expert Blog, where our engineers answer commonly asked ring and spring design questions. This week, our experts field some questions about groove geometry and dimensions.
For more than 100 years, Smalley has been the industry leader and technological pioneer of retaining rings and constant section rings. And for more than 50 years, Smalley has been revolutionizing the...Read More>> |
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December 17, 2015
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Ask the Expert - Wave Spring Substitution, Compression and Performance
Welcome back to the Ask the Expert Blog, where our engineers answer commonly asked ring and spring design questions. This week, our experts field some questions about wave spring substitutions, wave spring compression, and wave spring performance.
For more than 100 years, Smalley has been the industry leader and technological pioneer of retaining rings and constant section rings. And for more...Read More>> |
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December 3, 2015
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Download Spirolox Installation and Removal Guide
Smalley's Spirolox Retaining Rings serve as a removable shoulder that helps secure components in an assembly while also creating a pleasant aesthetic look. The rings are edgewound to any custom diameter. This provides a huge advantage over die-stamped components and components coiled from rectangular cross-section material for maximum cost efficiency and scrap minimizing.
Another great benefit to...Read More>> |
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